The Rural Voice, 2000-09, Page 24Wellington Couinty s International Plowing Match committee wants to show off
The Wonders of Wellington
After years of planning the hundreds of volunteers are ready to role out
the first match of the new millennium
By Mark Nonkes
r..
When the 2000
International
Plowing Match.
Chairman George
Robinson speaks of the
upcoming match in
Wellington County he is
careful to mention the
work of the 38
committees.
An International Plowing
Match still has the
plowing (left) but there's
much more, like an
opportunity to educate
school children about
agriculture (below) and
show antique equipment
(bottom).
The 2000 International
Plowing Match takes place
from Tuesday, September
19 to Saturday, September
23 just outside of Elora, a
I5 -minute drive from
Guelph.
Robinson covers.
everything from the
match's church service to
the traffic flow. The 2000
match has been planned
for three years.
"We've planned and
planned and planned and
we are finally seeing the
planning is going to bear
fruit," he said.
This match will be one
different from matches of
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